Wild Rice Stuffing With Goat Cheese Log

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 4 ounces goat cheese, chavrie original fresh log
• 4 cups water
• 1 cup wild rice
• 1/2 cup onion, minced
• 1/2 cup celery, diced
• 1/2 cup carrot, diced
• 6 -8 chestnuts
• 1/2 cup cranberries, dried
• 4 cornish hens
• salt
• pepper

Recipe

• 1 cook the rice in boiling water following directions on the package.
• 2 in a separate pan, sauté together the carrots, onions and celery.
• 3 when rice is almost cooked, add the sautéed vegetable mixture, chestnuts and cranberries, then spread out on a sheet tray to cool.
• 4 pre-heat oven to 375°f.
• 5 prepare the hens by seasoning the interior body cavity with salt and pepper.
• 6 spoon liberal spoonfuls of the wild rice mixture into the hens.
• 7 divide the chavrie logs into 4 slices.
• 8 insert one slice of chavrie log into each hen.
• 9 roast hens 45 minutes to 1 hour or until an instant reading thermometer inserted in thickest part registers 170 degrees. allow hens to rest.